telemere/wiki/4-Handlers.md
Peter Taoussanis ffea1a30ed [fix] Fix broken AOT support, add AOT tests
Thanks to @AdamFrey for reporting this issue!
Ref. <https://clojurians.slack.com/archives/C06ALA6EEUA/p1713805333272469>

Previously:

  Attempting to run AOT'd code using Telemere would result in errors like:
  "Attempting to call unbound fn: #'taoensso.telemere.handlers.open-telemetry/handler:open-telemetry-logger"

The approach I was using of conditionally requiring namespaces and then aliasing vars seems to be inherently
fragile under AOT, and was leading to the remote source var being unbound.

With this commit I've now switched to a simpler approach - where we conditionally require namespaces *without*
the need for any aliasing.
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Signal handlers process created signals to *do something with them* (analyse them, write them to console/file/queue/db, etc.).
# Included handlers
The following handlers are included out-the-box:
| Name | Platform | Writes signals to | Writes signals as |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`handler:console`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#handler:console) | Clj | `*out*` or `*err*` | String ([edn](https://github.com/edn-format/edn), JSON, formatted, etc.) |
| [`handler:console`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#handler:console) | Cljs | Browser console | String ([edn](https://github.com/edn-format/edn), JSON, formatted, etc.) |
| [`handler:console-raw`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#handler:console-raw) | Cljs | Browser console | Raw data (for [cljs-devtools](https://github.com/binaryage/cljs-devtools), etc.) |
| [`handler:file`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#handler:file) | Clj | File/s on disk | String ([edn](https://github.com/edn-format/edn), JSON, formatted, etc.) |
| [`handler:open-telemetry-logger`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.open-telemetry#handler:open-telemetry-logger) | Clj | [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) [Java client](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java) | [LogRecord](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/logs/data-model/) |
- See relevant docstrings (links above) for more info.
- See section [8-Community](8-Community.md) for additional handlers.
# Configuring handlers
There's two kinds of config relevant to all signal handlers:
1. **Dispatch** opts (common to all handlers), and
2. **Handler-specific** opts
## Dispatch opts
Dispatch opts includes dispatch priority, handler filtering, handler middleware, queue semantics, back-pressure opts, etc.
This is all specified when calling [`add-handler!`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#add-handler!) - and documented there.
Note that handler middleware in particular is an often overlooked but powerful feature, allowing you to arbitrarily transform and/or filter every [signal map](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#help:signal-content) before it is given to the handler.
## Handler-specific opts
Handler-specific opts are specified when calling a particular **handler constructor** (like [`handler:console`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CONSOLE/api/taoensso.telemere#handler:console)) - and documented by the constructor.
Note that it's common for Telemere handlers to be customized by providing *Clojure/Script functions* to the relevant handler constructor call.
See the [utils namespace](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.utils) for tools useful for customizing and writing signal handlers.
### Example
The standard Clj/s console handler ([`handler:console`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#handler:console)) writes signals **as strings** to `*out*`/`*err` or browser console.
By default it writes formatted strings intended for human consumption:
```clojure
;; Create a test signal
(def my-signal
(t/with-signal
(t/log! {:id ::my-id, :data {:x1 :x2}} "My message")))
;; Create console handler with default opts (writes formatted string)
(def my-handler (t/handler:console))
;; Test handler, remember it's just a (fn [signal])
(my-handler my-signal) ; =>
;; 2024-04-11T10:54:57.202869Z INFO LOG Schrebermann.local examples(56,1) ::my-id - My message
;; data: {:x1 :x2}
```
To instead writes signals as edn:
```clojure
;; Create console which writes edn
(def my-handler
(t/handler:console
{:format-signal-fn (taoensso.telemere.utils/format-signal->edn-fn)}))
(my-handler my-signal) ; =>
;; {:inst #inst "2024-04-11T10:54:57.202869Z", :msg_ "My message", :ns "examples", ...}
```
To instead writes signals as JSON:
```clojure
;; Create console which writes JSON
(def my-handler
(t/handler:console
{:format-signal-fn
(taoensso.telemere.utils/format-signal->json-fn
{:pr-json-fn jsonista.core/write-value-as-string})}))
(my-handler my-signal) ; =>
;; {"inst":"2024-04-11T10:54:57.202869Z","msg_":"My message","ns":"examples", ...}
```
Note that when writing JSON with Clojure, you *must* specify a `pr-json-fn`. This lets you plug in the JSON serializer of your choice ([jsonista](https://github.com/metosin/jsonista) is my default recommendation).
# Managing handlers
See [`help:signal-handlers`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#help:signal-handlers) for info on handler management.
## Managing handlers on startup
Want to add or remove a particular handler when your application starts?
Just make an appropriate call to [`add-handler!`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#add-handler!) or [`remove-handler!`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#remove-handler!).
## System-level config
If you want to manage handlers **conditionally** based on **system-level config** (e.g. JVM prop, ENV var, or classpath resource) - Telemere provides the highly flexible [`get-env`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#get-env) util.
Use this to easily check your own cross-platform system config, and make whatever conditional handler management decisions you'd like.
# Writing handlers
Writing your own signal handlers for Telemere is straightforward, and a reasonable choice if you prefer customizing behaviour that way, or want to write signals to a DB/format/service for which a ready-made handler isn't available.
Remember that signals are just plain Clojure/Script [maps](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#help:signal-content), and handlers just plain Clojure/Script functions that do something with those maps.
Here's a simple Telemere handler:
```clojure
(fn my-handler [signal] (println signal))
```
For more complex cases, or for handlers that you want to make available for use by other folks, here's the general template that Telemere uses for all its included handlers:
```clojure
(defn handler:my-handler ; Note naming convention
"Returns a (fn handler [signal] that:
- Does something.
Options:
`:option1` - Description
`:option2` - Description"
([] (handler:my-handler nil)) ; Use default opts
([{:as constructor-opts}]
;; Do expensive prep outside returned handler fn whenever possible -
;; i.e. at (one-off) construction time rather than handling time.
(let []
(fn a-handler:my-handler ; Note naming convention
;; Shutdown arity - called by Telemere exactly once when the handler is
;; to be shut down. This is your opportunity to finalize/free resources, etc.
([])
;; Main arity - called by Telemere whenever the handler should handle the
;; given signal. Never called after shutdown.
([signal]
;; TODO Do something with given signal
)))))
```
- See [`help:signal-content`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#help:signal-content) for signal map content.
- See the [utils namespace](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.utils) for tools useful for customizing and writing signal handlers.
- See section [8-Community](8-Community.md) for PRs to link to community-authored handlers.
# Example output
```clojure
(t/log! {:id ::my-id, :data {:x1 :x2}} "My message") =>
```
## Clj console handler
String output:
```
2024-04-11T10:54:57.202869Z INFO LOG Schrebermann.local examples(56,1) ::my-id - My message
data: {:x1 :x2}
```
## Cljs console handler
Chrome console:
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taoensso/telemere/master/imgs/handler-output-cljs-console.png" alt="Default ClojureScript console handler output" width="640"/>
## Cljs raw console handler
Chrome console, with [cljs-devtools](https://github.com/binaryage/cljs-devtools):
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taoensso/telemere/master/imgs/handler-output-cljs-console-raw.png" alt="Raw ClojureScript console handler output" width="640"/>
## Clj file handler
MacOS terminal:
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taoensso/telemere/master/imgs/handler-output-clj-file.png" alt="Default Clojure file handler output" width="640"/>